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The Weird History of the Cell Theory

Scientific discovery isn't as simple as one good experiment. The weird and wonderful history of cell theory illuminates the twists and turns that came together to build the foundations of biology.

Time Line

1665

Robert Hooke

Leeuwenhoek observes tiny living organisms ("animalcules") in drops of pond water through his simple microscope

Schleiden concludes that all plants are made up of cells.

Your assignment...Use this information and your own research to BRAINSTORM, DESIGN, and CREATE a comic strip (or story board) that chronicles the development of The Cell Theory.

Schwann concludes that all aniamls are made up of cells.

Virchow proposes that all cells come from existing cells, cpmpleting the cell theory.

Hooke publishes Micrographia, which includes drawings of sections of cork as seen through one of the first microscopes

1674

1838

Matthias Schleiden

1839

1855

Theodor Schwann

Rudolph Virchow

Anton van Leeuwenhoek